Kanan
Kanan is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Kanan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kanan is a name with a single cultural origin: Azerbaijani.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Kanan
The earliest SSA record of Kanan as a baby boy name dates back to 1991, when 6 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 225 newborns named Kanan — #992 in the national rankings. About 64% of every Kanan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kanan ranks #1,002 for baby boys with 223 births, rising sharply (+59% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kanan
Kanan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Kanan's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #992. Use the chart and map above to compare Kanan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.